Magnet therapy, or magnetic therapy, or magnetotherapy is a form of alternative medicine claiming that certain medical disorders can be effectively treated by exposure to static magnetic:- fields. Proponents of magnet therapy claim that subjecting certain parts of the body to doses of magnetic fields have a beneficial effect. This belief has led to the popularization of magnetic therapy involving the demand for magnetic-based products for “healing” purposes: magnetic bracelets and jewelry; magnetic straps for wrists, ankles, and the back; shoe insoles, mattresses, and magnetic blankets (blankets with magnets woven into the material); and even water that has been “magnetized”.

The use of magnet therapy has been tracked as far back as 800 B.C. Therapists in India, China, Greece, and Egypt were practicing magnet therapy for all types of ailments. These practitioners may have believed that magnets could actually draw disease from the body.

Magnetic therapy is an alternative medical practice that uses static (i.e. unmoving) magnets to alleviate pain and other health concerns. So-called therapeutic magnets are typically integrated into chains, bracelets, rings, or shoe insoles, belts, straps, though therapeutic magnetic mattresses and clothing are also on the market.

The Yellow Emperor’s Book of Internal Medicine from 2000 B.C., one of the early writings of Chinese Medicine, mentions the use of magnetic stones to therapeutically influence energetically charged acupuncture points and their associated meridian channels. This was done to balance the body’s subtle magnetic energies.

It is said that the stone Queen Cleopatra wore on her forehead was lodestone also known as magnetite (a magnetic mineral form of iron oxide). She believed it would keep her young, charming and beautiful.

Magnet therapy uses static magnets for healing various kinds of ailments. The magnets most commonly used in magnet therapy are bio magnets or permanent magnets.